Analysts expect the closely guarded chip development to be used in Sony's forthcoming "PlayStation 3" gaming console and in a line of advanced television sets from Toshiba, but until now it had not been targeted at other markets. . .Read this well-written and informative article by Eric Auchard for Reuters here.
While working jointly to develop Cell, IBM, Sony and Toshiba are allowed to separately market the resulting chip to their respective customers, IBM spokesman Cary Zieter said. . .
IBM and Intel, joined at the hip during the PC era, are now looking increasingly like strategic rivals. IBM is in the process of selling its Intel-based PC business to Lenovo of China. It has dropped support for Intel's Itanium processor aimed at powerful business computers and increasingly relies on its own line of Power-based chips, of which Cell is a part.
Hat tip to Doctorweld of the Pinehurst Thread for the link.
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